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1. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461): Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
2. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
3. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
4. Family Membership (SCHSFM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
5. Individual Membership (SCHSIM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 20 December 2015
6. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 Sullivan County Historical Society’s First Sunday Concert will feature Little Sparrow! For nearly ten years, the Americana band Little Sparrow (Aldo Troiani and ...; Created on 29 January 2020
7. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... and visitors can also freely wander the Canal’s towpath, marked with informative signage and suitable for dog-walking and bicycling. While the towpath is open year-round from dawn to dusk, the Center’s ...; Created on 11 July 2021
8. New Year's Day (2015-01-01) ...: (Events Calendar/New Year's Day); New Year's Day Visit http://calendarlabs.com/holidays/us/new-years-day.php to know more about New Year's Day. Like us on Facebook: http://fb.com/calendarlabs to get updates. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. New Year's Day (2016-01-01) ...: (Events Calendar/New Year's Day); New Year's Day The Museum will be Closed on New Year's Day ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination (2020-04-04): (Events Calendar/Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination); Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing outside his hotel room on the second floor balcony. He was 39 years old. His assassination sparked ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Jefferson Davis is captured (2020-05-10): (Events Calendar/Jefferson Davis is captured); Jefferson Davis is captured Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, was captured when the Union Army caught up to him on May 10, 1865, in Irwinville, Georgia. He would spend 2 years in prison ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi (2020-06-21): (Events Calendar/Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi); ... The ringleader of the crime was convicted on June 21, 2005, exactly 41 years after the crime. The 1988 movie, "Mississippi Burning", was loosely based on the murders. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.co ...; Created on 27 December 2015
13. 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement (2020-08-28) ...: (Events Calendar/14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement); 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement 14 year old Emmett was murdered on August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi, inspiring the Civil Rights Movement. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
14. Rockland: (Category); ... chief of the Lenni-Lenapes. In a very short time, a new owner, Robert Livingston, appeared on the scene and in less than forty years he acquired title to almost half of the entire patent leaving Johannes ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Neversink: (Category); ... in existence for over 100 years; a delightful playground built by volunteers; a covered bridge built by volunteers; a library that has grown by leaps and bounds and a community newspaper that began in ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Mamakating: (Category); ... were three forts built in Mamakating. Fort Westbrookville was built in 1750 on what is now the Sullivan and Orange county border and until several years ago it was a restaurant. In 1757 a fort was built ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Highland: (Category); ... a monument stands on the wooded hill above the Delaware as s tribute to those brave soldiers who lost their lives. Interestingly, it was not until 43 years after the battle that the remains of those slai ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Fremont: (Category); ... often related that within a period of ten years they had lived in three different towns though they hadn’t moved away from their home. Before 1842 they lived in the town of Liberty. When the town of ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Forestburgh: (Category); ... urgh Playhouse began in 1947 from an old farmhouse and 1900 year old barn, purchased from Walter and Elsie Klebs. This year marks its fiftieth year in existence. Merriewold Park is famous for resid ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Fallsburg: (Category); ... in the early 1800�s. Mr. Hasbrouck lived in the old stone house that is still standing today. The hamlet was a major business area for many years with a variety of shops and stores and had it own post ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Delaware: (Category); ... to be known as Callicoon, there were few settlers in the area, none within a mile of his new home. Many years before, hunters from the Hudson Valley had ventured into the valley of the Callicoon Creek ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. Curious Bits: (Category); ... copies and on microfilm. The following articles are from these newspapers. One hundred years ago, newsy items that occurred throughout the Sullivan County were well-recorded in articles found withi ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. County History: (Category); ... “original people”) first arrived in this area over 11,000 years ago. While there is no indication exactly what the place was like at that time, oral tradition (the Lenape had no written language) holds ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Cochecton: (Category); ... for the most part, they were settled tentatively around 1769 but differences among the three states continued for a number of years. The Skinner family, who migrated from Connecticut, was among the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. Callicoon: (Category); ... years, the only residents. Ward was the first to build a wood farm house in the locality. Three years after the Schermerhorns, Frederick Scheidell located in what was to become a village. He established ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Bethel: (Category); ... cial and economic life of the town. 1969 was a very important year in the life of our town. First, it saw the construction of the Sullivan County International Airport in the northeast section of White ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. High School Yearbook Request ...: (Announcements); An excellent source of information about people From Sullivan County is a high school year book. This past year, the Sullivan County Historical Society has been fortunate to receive two yearbook collections. ...; Created on 21 February 2017
28. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that long time board member, Bill Burns has passed away. He has served the Sullivan County Historical Society for over 40 years as a member, board member, ...; Created on 29 March 2020
29. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... Stay Out Skifflers. The Skifflers are a Hurleyville, New York based jug band that has been touring for more than twenty years, bringing their unique blend of blues, folk, old timey, Tin Pan Alley pop to ...; Created on 12 March 2020
30. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); ... and Nellie Gipson and family. “In Further Retrospect” is a compilation of more than 60 of Conway’s “Retrospect” newspaper columns from over the years, augmented by 16 photographs. It is the third time ...; Created on 11 March 2020
31. Our Digitized Newspaper collection is now available to the public!: (Museum News); ... some from the Sullivan County Record All of these newspapers are searchable and indexed for ease of finding information and subjects that appear in them. We have the following years and ...; Created on 17 February 2018
32. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... packed with people,” said Allen Frishman, Catskill Mountain preservationist. “It was paradise. Coming out of the city was paradise.” “Sullivan County during that time would have a year-round population ...; Created on 06 July 2017
33. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... for over 21 years before he retired. Survivors include his sister, Margaret Edwards of North Carolina; one niece, Elizabeth Brett and her husband John of Port Chester, NY; and one nephew, Wayne Allen ...; Created on 16 October 2016
34. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... stoves, clothing and what home life was like for the average resident of Sullivan County over the year. ...; Created on 11 June 2016
35. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... has volunteered at the Sullivan County Historical Society for many years creating exhibits in different areas of interest. The current work is a loving effort to put forward vignettes of times of long ...; Created on 22 May 2016
36. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... were the conduit that bridged the experiences from her youth to the historical crusades that made up her later years. “I grew up in an era that is now nearing its end, and my job as historian gives me ...; Created on 17 January 2016
37. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... County. Harold has lived in South Fallsburg for all of his ninety-two years. That in itself is certainly a historical oddity, maybe even a record. True, he was absent temporarily to attend college ...; Created on 17 January 2016
38. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); Reprinted from The Times Herald-Record Woodstock Commemorative Edition Text copyright 1994 The Times Herald-Record The last bedraggled fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur's muddy pasture more than 25 year ...; Created on 04 January 2016
39. Monticello: (Thompson); ... later that year with eleven men, and after putting up a temporary shelter east of Monticello, they commenced working on a sawmill. The work halted when the brothers returned to their New Lebanon, Connecticut, ...; Created on 26 December 2015
40. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...; Created on 26 December 2015
41. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... sport and subsistence to outdoor enthusiasts. Over the years, the exploits of these sportsmen have been well chronicled, from the early writings of James Quinlan to the current essays of Sullivan County ...; Created on 18 October 2014
42. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... volunteer commitment to the Society’s mission can be easily found by the improvements made over the years within the Society’s operations. Acquired skills and knowledge that has shaped their early lives, ...; Created on 18 October 2014
43. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); ... Public Health Nurse in 1951, in an “office” with a dirt floor in the basement of the courthouse and retired 34 years later as the Director of the Sullivan County Public Health Nursing Service. She saw ...; Created on 25 November 2013
44. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); Trouble at the Fallsburgh Tunnel Sixty years after their construction, the tunnels along the route of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway began showing their age, the resulting deterioration ...; Created on 25 November 2012
45. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... common sense mind, followed by a resolve and patience in pursuing whatever goal he sets. The choice by the Sullivan County Historical Society of Allan as this year's History Preserver reflects not onl ...; Created on 04 April 2012
46. Grist Mill Burned Saturday: (Callicoon); ... the present owner 17 years ago of John Ross. Mr. Bollenback expects to rebuild.” ...; Created on 06 March 2012
47. Along The Neversink....: (Neversink); ... . Sam Benson kept the Tavern, and Jim Knight lived up the river where we went trout fishing. His home was open to all comers. Peg Lawrence also kept a tavern and in her declining years always claimed th ...; Created on 28 December 2011
48. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... 80 years of service. For 16 years the Bridge stood as a solitary and deteriorating remembrance of other times. In 1970, after many years of work by the Sullivan county Park and Recreation Commissio ...; Created on 03 November 2011
49. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... by the Major across the Neversink river at Bridgeville on the line of the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike in the year 1807. It was known as the arch plan. The arches consisted of massive white pine timbers. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
50. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... of Youngs and was named in his honor. This took place about the year 1840. Mr. Young was an enterprising man; he built the first saw mill of the place and established the first store which was lovated ...; Created on 03 November 2011
51. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...; Created on 03 November 2011
52. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... For many years the Tusten community was considered the seat of the town. It became the most important business community in the town that shared its name. Tusten peaked during the mid 1800’s. It boasted ...; Created on 20 October 2011
53. Casino Burns: (Liberty); ... g was ablaze. "The building was owned by Mr. John Clark of New York who built it ten or twelve years ago. His son W H Clark has always been in charge. Mr. W H Clark says that the property had formerly b ...; Created on 07 October 2011
54. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
55. Along the Neversink.....: (Neversink); ... hotel, afterwards owned and managed for many years by Henry Dean. This afterwards became a very important boarding hotel, and was lately burned. "Adam Cross, grandfather of Guernsey and Eugene, was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
56. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); ... Sam Barnes was a neighborhood tramp of 60 years ago - a cat-licking shoemaker and a fisherman who promptly spent for whiskey the money he received from his fishing and shoe repairing. He used to explain ...; Created on 07 October 2011
57. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... "In 1817, Tillotson built a grist-mill and also erected a sawmill and a year later sold a large tract of land to Kiersted and Swan, who erected one of the best tanneries in the county, employing over ...; Created on 29 September 2011
58. Fulton Settlement: (Bethel); September 11, 1861; Republican Watchman "August 20 - In the Town of Bethel, John D Fulton, in the 87th year of his age. "The deceased was one of the early pioneers to this county, having settled, wi ...; Created on 23 September 2011
59. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... on Route 17-K near Montgomery in Orange County. "After the first phase of rebuilding 17-B took place several years ago, the reddish stone monument was taken up and placed in the custody of the Sullivan C ...; Created on 22 September 2011
60. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); From the SCHS Observer; September 14, 1964 - Vol. 1, No. 3 "The mystery of the missing marker of Kiamesha Lake was solved in July with as much secrecry as the disappearance a year earlier. Some time i ...; Created on 22 September 2011
61. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II: (Neversink); ... years after the marriage of Henry Reynolds, it was estimated that his descendants numbered upwards of one thousand. When the town of Neversink was organized in 1798, Reynolds was elected its first supervisor; ...; Created on 01 September 2011
62. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 16 August 2011
63. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... the highly anticipated event that is to usher out the end of an era. For fifty-six years, the one hundred and twenty-five foot chimney has towered high above the surrounding landscape; a well-known landmark ...; Created on 28 June 2011
64. Directors and Officers: (Historical Society); ... of Directors for Year 2020 Position Name Email President: Arthur Hessinger Vice President: Suzanne Cecil This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Secretary: N. Fred Fries This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...; Created on 04 November 2010
65. Veterans: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2010 Veterans The history preserver award is given each year to a person who has done significant work in preserving Sullivan ...; Created on 11 August 2010
66. About the Society: (Historical Society); ... those interested to gather for a meeting to reorganize the Society, which met in April of that year. In May of that same year, the revitalized Society elected the following as officers: ...; Created on 05 April 2010
67. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... our lives. Edward Van Put remembers the influence that a commonplace event had on his life when he was twelve years old. His uncle took him fly fishing and Ed found the experience so fascinating that he ...; Created on 11 August 2009
68. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... but after a few years they became tired of the bustle and in part for reasons of health decided to return to the rural way of life they were accustomed to. In 1907, drawing on their farming background, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
69. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2008 Charlotte M. Osterhout (1928 – 2008) Charlotte Main Osterhout passed away on May 18 of this year. Before she died, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
70. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... system in Liberty, New York, where he still maintains his corporate offices. Over the years he developed innovative capital structures that made possible the financing of CVI’s remarkable growth without ...; Created on 11 August 2007
71. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... home every fall for 32 years and as his parents Bill and Naomi grew older, he started to spend longer periods of time in his beloved Ferndale. He purchased his first house in 1981. It ...; Created on 11 August 2007
72. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... of the 1969 Woodstock Festival also received worldwide distribution. For thirty years Paul served as the official photographer for the New York State Police and his photographs of accidents and fires were ...; Created on 11 August 2007
73. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... records. We can only share a few biographical facts which do poor justice to such an active and valuable life. James Quinlan was born in 1818 and died in 1874; the year after his work ...; Created on 11 August 2006
74. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... the next twenty-three years he taught at Fallsburg High School. He is remembered not only as an outstanding teacher, but as a department chairman, faculty president, county teachers’ association president, ...; Created on 01 June 2006
75. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... g of the era of timber rafting that lasted 150 years until the virgin trees within reach of the Delaware had been cut down and the hillsides had been denuded. At first the rafts began their voyage in t ...; Created on 11 August 2005
76. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... of the Roscoe O&W Railway Museum. In both these roles he has labored for over twenty years to preserve the memorabilia and memories of the New York Ontario and Western Railway. In this endeavor he has ...; Created on 11 August 2005

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